| ELECTRICLIGHT | (and 14 down) English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 (13) |
| ORCHESTRA | see 30dn, English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood and Bev Bevan |
| BLACKSABBATH | English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward |
| PRIEST | Judas ____, heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969 (6) |
| JUDAS | ___ Priest, heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969 (5) |
| ROLLINGSTONES | English rock band formed in 1962 in London by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards among others The ___: 2 wds. |
| ARCTICMONKEYS | English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002 (6,7) |
| THECHARLATANS | English rock band formed in 1988 noted for their song The Only One I Know (3,10) |
| THEMOODYBLUES | English rock band formed 1964 whose lead singer is Justin Hayward (3,5,5) |
| LYCETT | Joe, English comedian and painter born in Birmingham in 1988 (6) |
| BENJAMIN | ____ Zephaniah, British writer and dub poet born in Birmingham in 1958 (8) |
| ELO | Group formed in Birmingham, England, in 1970 |
| DEEP | India Test bowler who took 6-99 and 4-88 against England in Birmingham in 2025 (5,4) |
| AKASH | India Test bowler who took 6-99 and 4-88 against England in Birmingham in 2025 (5,4) |
| NEW | Catholic cardinal beatified in Birmingham in 2010 (6) |
| MAN | Catholic cardinal beatified in Birmingham in 2010 (6) |
| OLD | C M ?, England Test cricketer who took 7-50 against Pakistan in Birmingham in 1978 |
| ASIFMASOOD | Pakistan Test cricketer who took 5-111 against England in Birmingham in 1971 |
| ODEON | Used for a cinema in Birmingham in 1930? (5) |
| FINN | Steven ___, England Test bowler who took 6-79 against Australia in Birmingham in 2015 (4) |
